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New York Times, Saturday, December 12, 1964

16-Across : Seething.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,613
Across
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Crowd. : PACK
5
Small weight. : GRAM
9
Parsonage. : MANSE
14
Prevail. : RULE
15
Run. : LOPE
16
Seething. : ABOIL
17
Man of the woods. : ORANGUTAN
19
Philippine Island tree. : NARRA
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Man's name. : SAM
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Elevator man. : OTIS
22
Miners. : PITMEN
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Wit: Fr. : ESPRIT
25
Quench. : SLAKE
27
Erelong. : ANON
29
Beards of grain. : ARISTAE
33
___ man, akin to the Cro-Magnon. : AURIGNACIAN
37
Italian article. : UNA
38
One of the Scotts. : DRED
39
Kind of word: Abbr. : VAR
40
Kohler's post. : USSR
41
"___ said before." : ASI
42
Site of discovery of primitive man. : NEANDERTHAL
46
Masculine. : MANNISH
48
Twist round. : SLUE
49
Welles. : ORSON
51
Perceive. : DESCRY
55
Turn aside. : SWERVE
58
Retired. : ABED
60
___ polloi. : HOI
61
City of the Baleric Islands. : PALMA
62
Bogeyman. : SCAREBABE
64
N.Y.C. type of Homo sapiens. : ADMAN
65
Eurasian border river. : URAL
66
Man's name. : BILL
67
Apollo's twin. : DIANA
68
Wriggly. : EELY
69
Well ___. : BRED
Down
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Type of writing. : PROSE
2
Subtle essences of nature. : AURAS
3
Holding tool. : CLAMP
4
Man's nickname. : KEN
5
Trencherman. : GLUTTON
6
French menu entry. : ROTI
7
Make ___ at. : APASS
8
Subject of this puzzle. : MEN
9
Dwarf. : MANIKIN
10
Soft-pedals, in a way. : ABATES
11
Pattern for a group. : NORM
12
Man of the house. : SIRE
13
Verve. : ELAN
18
In operation. : GOING
22
Arm of the Amazon. : PARA
24
Policeman's activity. : RAID
26
Men of Glengarry. : LAIRDS
28
American Indian. : NAVAHO
30
Exclamation of disgust. : TUSH
31
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
32
Nobleman. : EARL
33
Early man. : ADAM
34
Celestial bear. : URSA
35
Harness part. : REIN
36
Be able to. : CAN
40
Cousins of 28 Down. : UTES
42
Eternal peace, in Buddhism. : NIRVANA
43
Being: Lat. : ESSE
44
Like senior citizens. : ELDERLY
45
___ la Paix. : RUEDE
47
William of 1066. : NORMAN
50
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
52
Kind of man, with gravel. : CHAIR
53
California oak. : ROBLE
54
Product. : YIELD
55
Plane of 1917. : SPAD
56
Watercourse. : WADI
57
Girl's name. : ELMA
59
False god. : BAAL
62
Plead. : SUE
63
Size of shot. : BBB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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